Roger Highfield
Museum exec, prof @Dunn_School & @UCLChemistry, ex Ed @newscientist & @Telegraph. Neutron bouncer. Books rogerhighfield.com/books
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Post-lockdown travel: what happens when things go wrong?
Will my insurance cover Covid-19 if I fall ill?If you bought your insurance before March 13 you could well be covered for Covid-related medical and cancellation claims. If you need to buy a new policy
Antibody tests were meant to be a game-changer. What went wrong?
For weeks, the UK government suggested antibody tests may lead the country out of lockdown. Instead, the testing regime has been beset by problems and unclear priorities
Discovery reveals how plants make cellulose for strength and growth
The discovery unveils the molecular machinery that plants use to weave cellulose chains into cable-like structures called 'microfibrils.'
Roger Highfield
How plants make cellulose for strength and growth
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‘Can I go on my four-household family holiday to Cornwall?’
✉ I booked a four-bedroom property in Porthleven, Cornwall. There were due to be eight of us holidaying together, from four households. As I understand it, we cannot stay because four households are
The mathematical strategy that could transform coronavirus testing
Four charts show how pooling samples from many people can save time or resources.
Roger Highfield
Mathematical strategy that could transform #coronavirus testing nature.com/articles/d4158… How pooling samples from many people can save time and resources (background on testing here: sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/blog/testing-f…)
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A discrete neuronal circuit induces a hibernation-like state in rodents
In rodents, activation of a population of neurons characterized by the expression of the neuropeptide QRFP induces a hibernation-like state of long-lasting hypothermia and hypometabolism.
Revealing enigmatic mucus structures in the deep sea using DeepPIV
Advanced deep-sea imaging tools yield insights into the structure and function of mucus filtration houses built by midwater giant larvaceans.
Roger Highfield
In the ocean twilight zone, giant larvaceans secrete and build marvellous mucus houses that can reach diameters of more than 1 m
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TV Cream Stays Indoors With Roger Highfield
Roger Highfield, Science Director of the Science Museum stays indoors in Greenwich to watch episode one of the ATV children’s sci-fi serial Timeslip, and then tells TV Cream all about it. If you don’t want to listen to it using our player (above),...
Coronavirus Disease Exposure and Spread from Nightclubs, South Korea
At least 246 cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been linked to nightclubs in Seoul, South Korea. During the April 30–May 5 holiday, young ad...
Some of the Scientific Minds Behind the UK's Coronavirus Response Have Helped Fund a New Sci-Fi Pandemic Comic
As the novel coronavirus pandemic has continued to spread around the world, scientists have scrambled to try and find effective ways to impart the risks and needs required of the public to mitigate the impact of covid-19. And now some scientists in...
SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes an influenza-like disease with a respiratory transmission route; however, patients often present with gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain....
The Future of Sex | Science Museum
What role will science and technology play in sex, fertility and reproduction in the future? Find out in this thought-provoking virtual event, hosted in partnership with Pride in London.
The earliest domestic cat on the Silk Road
The earliest domestic cat on the Silk Road
Roger Highfield
Oghuz people along the Silk Road had pet cats more than 1,000 years ago, study by @UniHalle shows doi.org/10.1038/s41598… eurekalert.org/e/J2Q4
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Care for cats? So did people along the Silk Road more than 1,000 years ago
Common domestic cats, as we know them today, might have accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more than 1,000 years ago. This is indicated by new analyses done on an almost complete cat skeleton found during an excavation along the former Silk...
Roger Highfield
Oghuz people along the Silk Road had pet cats more than 1,000 years ago, study by @UniHalle shows doi.org/10.1038/s41598… eurekalert.org/e/J2Q4
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Protein from blood of exercising mice rejuvenates brains of ‘couch potato’ mice
Study could lead to a pill that confers the benefits of physical activity on cognition
Roger Highfield
Protein from blood of exercising mice rejuvenates brains of ‘couch potato’ mice sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/p…
Background: google.com/amp/s/www.news…
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First precise edits to mitochondrial DNA achieved with weird enzyme
Feat enables researchers to study — and perhaps treat — deadly diseases.
Roger Highfield
Scientists make precise gene edits to mitochondrial DNA for first time nature.com/articles/d4158… Weird enzyme enables researchers to study — and potentially treat — deadly mitochondrial diseases.
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Rates of new COVID cases are no longer declining in the UK according to new COVID Symptom Study data
According to the latest COVID Symptom Study data, rates of new COVID cases have stopped declining with over 23,000 suspected cases in the UK.
Roger Highfield
Rates of new #COVID cases are no longer declining in the UK, suggests app used by ~4m people
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JCB electric digger wins top engineering prize
An all-electric construction vehicle from the Staffordshire firm wins this year's MacRobert Award.
Roger Highfield
Electric digger wins top MacRobert engineering prize! bbc.co.uk/news/science-e… More on these excellent @RAEngNews awards at the @MediaMuseum scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-online/5…
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